An Overview of Health Informatics and Health Science Librarians' Role

Abstract: Health informatics focused on specific domain knowledge whereas Librarianship structured on generic subject areas. The health Science Librarians should acquire, exchange, organize and share knowledge. The skills required are acquire and preserve knowledge resources for future use and requires to understanding of both biomedicine and information science. The health Informatics specialists requires to have the domain knowledge in addition to health science librarianship. This paper highlights the role of Health science Librarians in Health informatics.